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NM Ant 1365 :: pyxis

Object description: Short rim; flange for the lid below rim; low, cylindrical body; wide flange at base. Pinkish brown to yellowish white stone. ‘šÐ‰ÓÔÐØ’ written in ink on underside.

Data elements

Inventory number

NM Ant 1365

Serie nummer

1892

Object

pyxis

Material

Alabaster

Acquisition

Deposited in 1887 by the Technical School, Stockholm, in the National Museum.

Description

Short rim; flange for the lid below rim; low, cylindrical body; wide flange at base. Pinkish brown to yellowish white stone. ‘šÐ‰ÓÔÐØ’ written in ink on underside.

Exhibition - Current

Study Gallery

Description: Upstairs, in interaction with the Baghdad Cafe, opened in February 2009, the upper gallery. A rich variety of objects retrieved from the museum's storerooms, many of them shown for the first time. A series of booths filled to the brim with beautiful vases functions as a traditional study collection of ancient ceramics. Other booths highlights the thematic elements of the ancient world: the subject of everyday and festive, and images of gods, humans and animals. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2009-07-13, google translate).
Time - Start: 2009-022009-02

Exhibition, Part of - Current

Study Gallery - Showcase 14:03.

Name - Owner

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Description: Nationalmuseum is a publicly owned cultural institution.Nationalmuseum%20is%20a%20publicly%20owned%20cultural%20institution.
Source - http: www.nationalmuseum.se, collections.smvk.se

Comments

Technical School n°187.

Belong with NM Ant 0988 (lid).

Äldre bild A.Stalteri Marcus.

NegNo

NM Ant 1365(1).jpg

Publications

E. Hammar, Fyra pyxides av alabaster i Medelhavsmuseet (B.A. thesis, Department of Ancient Culture and Society, University of Stockholm), Stockholm 1994, 5-6 and ill.8-9.

PhotoNegNo

NM Ant 1365(2).jpg

Height / Höjd

2,5 cm

Diameter

8,5 cm

Dimensions

H 2.5. Ø of base 8.5.

Loan in - Current

in-1977.0002, Medelhavsmuseet

Condition

Lid missing. Flange chipped. Cracked. Worn.

Original register

GreekRoman

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NM Ant 1365 :: pyxis

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